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Environment

Surface Air Temperature - Monthly Absolute Extreme Maximum

Data from Jan 1982 to Apr 2026

Last updated: 09 May 2026, 19:55 SGT

NEA (National Environment Agency)

Highest daily maximum temperature (in degree Celsius) for each month at the Changi Climate Station. Unit of measure for readings is °C.

Max temperature by Month

Data explorer

SurfaceAirTemperatureMonthlyAbsoluteExtremeMaximum.csv (532 rows, 7.2 KB)

Month Month (YYYY-MM)	Max Temperature Text
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% 335.5% 33.66.0% 33.25.6% 33.34.9%
1982-01	31.9
1982-02	34.3
1982-03	34.3
1982-04	33.2
1982-05	32.9
1982-06	33.3
1982-07	33
1982-08	33.2
1982-09	33.2
1982-10	33.8

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Month	month	Month (YYYY-MM)	-	-
Max Temperature	max_temperature	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_72a4d7402d4014f1999a009864f64a11"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Environment Agency. (2015). Surface Air Temperature - Monthly Absolute Extreme Maximum (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 15, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_72a4d7402d4014f1999a009864f64a11/view

About this dataset

Contact

ONG_Chin_Hong@nea.gov.sg

Created on

21 May 2015

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

NEA (National Environment Agency)